Let all your views in life be directed to a solid, however moderate, independence; without it no man can be happy, nor even honest.
No one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child's individual liberty must be so guided that through this activity he may arrive at independence.
And so the reliance on Property, including the reliance on governments which protect it, is the want of self-reliance.
Few are made for independence, it is the privilege of the strong.
No one can be free unless he is independent.
Advaita is the only system that gives us complete control over ourselves, takes off all dependence and its associated superstitions, thus making us brave to suffer, brave to do, and in the long run, attain to absolute freedom.
The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others.
He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
I'm just reveling in the glory of not having to hear the neediness and impotence of my own voice.
I love not having to rely on anyone.
